#DU Petruccio

[moonfurthetemmie]

cracks knuckles

So. In normal Dreamtale, Dream and Nightmare are really, really durable. And they have a lot of power in their lil skeleton bodies.

In the JMV, DINTIS, and DS versions, corruption isn't the magic from the Tree getting fucked up, it's specifically a more potent version of negativity. And radiance is the more potent version of positivity.

Radiants and corrupts are fully-powered negative and positive spirits. Ergo, radiants and corrupts have far more power than base positive and negative spirits

Also, like I said, spirits are pretty durable. I'm sure corrupts and radiants are more durable as well.

...obsidian certainly seems to be. He's definitely an extremely powerful spirit, at the very least.

I would imagine a being that already has surprisingly vast power reserves and incredible durability, for a mortal, would make an excellent vessel for an ancient, incomprehensible being.

Let's hope that, should they meet Obsidian, Gonzalo and Petruccio don't have the same thought I had :))

if he hurts one of them though he's DEFINITELY fucked

[teecupangel]

This is because @ma-du who tagged me on this post with the idea:

Everything is the same, but the gang is reborn as Marvel characters

I am going to assume this means that the characters' personalities stay the same, it's just that they have been reborn to live the lives of Marvel characters (Assassins versus Templars plot optional XD)

Alright.

First of all, we’ll focus on MCU characters because having the ability to choose from the entire Marvel roster will… well… it would require more research that would probably take too much time XD

Also, I will primarily be using Phase 1~3 MCU characters (focusing on the Avengers with some exceptions) because the post did have Infinity Saga MCU characters (yeah, that’s the main reason why).

Alright, let’s give everyone some new problems!

Desmond: Moon Knight. Okay, he’s the main reason why I said ‘with some exceptions’. I mean… come on. Come oooonnn. Oh course, Desmond will still suffer thru the Bleeding Episodes which would lead him to be the AC equivalent of Moon Knight. Not to mention, just imagine the absolute fuckery he will suffer thru when he meets up with the reincarnated versions of his ancestors while he still have his ancestors in his brain as the Bleeding Effect. Instead of Khonsu though, I suggest we go for Ra (for the sun irony) or, if you wanna stay in the Greco-Roman mythology that was strongest in Desmond Saga, may I suggest Minerva (to make Minerva suffer with him) or Dionysus?

Altaïr: Doctor Strange, hands down. Used to be an arrogant overachiever? Taken down a peg by some kind of tragedy? Still a bit of an asshole but now has an entire subject he could spend the rest of his life studying and be the top expert still? Becomes leader of a secret-ish organization trying to protect the world in what amounts to a short time all things considered? OP powers with a lot of glowing gold accents AND holds an OP artifact? Altaïr is, hands down, the nearest Doctor Strange we will have on this list. Sidenote: Malik gets Wong’s job of being the usually annoyed dude that has to keep Altaïr from bending the rules too much. The Sanctum Masters are the Rafiqs of Damascus and Jerusalem + Kadar. Karl Mordo will have to be Abbas (sorry Karl Mordo) while Al Mualim would either take the Ancient One (if we plan to keep him good in this one) or Kaecilius.

Ezio: Iron Man. He comes from a rich family with lots of connections, is actually smarter than people usually assume he is, flirts a lot but also carries a torch for a specific person in his life, and a tragedy in his life changed him. Of course, his father wasn’t a dick to him (up to you if we gonna kill Giovanni and Maria off for drama), Federico gets reborn as Happy (who is still Ezio’s brother but preferred to be his security officer), Claudia is still his sister but has Pepper Pott’s job (although, everyone in Auditore Industries knows it’s really Claudia who takes care of the everyday operation, Ezio is the inventor and the face of the company, Claudia is the shadow queen) and Cesare gets to be Justin Hammer. Petruccio can be the kid in Ironman 3 or he's just living his life as the third Auditore child who has cool 'toys' to help his weak body that his brother made for him.

Ratonhnhaké:ton: We can go for Hawkeye/Ronin, the normal human who can keep up with everything that’s happening (also, he would make a good parental figure for the Frye twins). Also, even if we call him ‘normal’, we all know he could kick everyone’s ass thru sheer determination and stubbornness alone. Another option would be Black Panther but I kinda want Adéwalé to be Black Panther?

Haytham: … is it weird I kinda want him to be Nick Fury? Like… he’s the all-time suffering man in charge who doesn’t actually have any authority over any of the superheroes he ‘conscripted’? I just want Haytham to suffer while, for once, not being on the other side.

Edward: Okay… I mean… I know there would be a Phase 1~3 character that would work for him, the easiest would be making him part of the Asgardian family drama but, may I suggest a non-MCU character? Daimon Helstrom. Because Edward’s actor Matt Ryan is sooo good as Constantine that I will always think of him as Constantine. Helstrom is the nearest Marvel equivalent to Constantine and he’s also a free agent type which works well with Edward’s character for most of Black Flag. (plus I got “canceled after a good season 1” deja vu with Helstrom as I did with Constantine). If you really want him to be part of Phase 1~3, Antman (Scott Lang) would work with Jenny taking the place of the daughter Cassie.

Shay: If Haytham is our Nick Fury, Shay gets to be his Maria Hill (second-in-command, normal human that can kick so much ass, and… that tight outfit) or Phil Coulson if you wanna go down the route of Shay doing his own thing.

Arno: Spider-Man because I think Ezio mentoring him would be a nice touch and… his first love Élise being a Templar is kinda similar to how Liz was the Vulture’s daughter. Still thinking about who his Ned should be though.

Evie and Jacob: Look, we’re talking about twins here so I’m pretty much obligated to make Evie and Jacob Wanda and Pietro. Although, this time, Jacob’s not gonna die. XD

Bayek: Steve Rogers (no, he will not be called Captain America, think of a more ‘universal’ superhero name) because he’s an all-around good guy, his default weapon in AC promotional images has him using a shield, and he started out as a man who just wanted to do what was right and protect his people that got sucked into the overarching plot because of a tragedy. Also… Aya as a badass normal human like Peggy Carter, hhhmmm?

Kassandra: You know, I was thinking that Kassandra could be Steve Rogers with Alexios becoming Winter Soldier. (Which I think would still work, we’ll just have to change Bayek into someone else…) But Kassandra has to be Captain Marvel, right? The OP powers and “not to be a lesbian but oh my god oh my god” vibes she gave off just made her suited to be Captain Marvel more.

Eivor: She’s gotta be reborn as Thor, right? Like… sure, Odin is right there but Eivor’s love for fighting and her loyalty to her people feels more like Thor than Odin. (Let’s not make AC Odin reborn as MCU Odin. I’d even go for Varin to be reborn as her father again or even Sigurd to have a bit of arrogance at this point)

Basim: Look. We all know Basim’s gonna be reborn as… Korg. Of course, I’m kidding. He’ll be reborn as Loki as we all expected. XD

Clay: Deadpool. He’s supposed to be dead, his mind got shattered after receiving his ‘superpowers’, and… he’s the only person in this cast other than Desmond that actually remembers who he was before. His whole ‘knows about the fourth wall’ shtick is connected to the fact that he still has access to the Calculations and that’s actually what broke his mind… again.

[ao3feed-assassinscreed]

Au bord du gouffre

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2Qf4hOp

by Nearween

Ezio voit son monde s'écrouler, alors que sa famille se fait pendre sous ses yeux. À la dérive et sombrant dans une vie violente, il est confronté aux sept étapes du deuil.

Words: 149, Chapters: 1/8, Language: Français

Fandoms: Assassin's Creed - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, Multi

Characters: Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Federico Auditore da Firenze, Claudia Auditore da Firenze, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, Maria Auditore da Firenze, Petruccio Auditore da Firenze, Leonardo da Vinci, Sofia Sartor

Relationships: Ezio Auditore da Firenze/Leonardo da Vinci, Ezio Auditore da Firenze/Desmond Miles, Ezio Auditore da Firenze/Sofia Sartor

Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Depression, Death, Guilt, Drama & Romance, Drama, Poetry, Français | French, Happy Ending

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2Qf4hOp

[moonfurthetemmie]

so with the addition of this lass, I'm (already) retconing lore.

Please welcome this alternate of a character that barely existed in normal JMV. Peridot; or, in this AU:

Alinda

She should have been the protagonist. The hero. But Gonzalo and Petruccio made sure she didn't have the chance.

Alinda managed to put all the pieces together of what’s happening. She tried to stop it. She kept it super secret, though. She didn’t want to get too many people involved, because she knew that those two would find out she was onto them quickly. She recruited a few people, yes, but not even her husband knew anything about it.

Her husband, by the way? Antonio.

Alinda was, at one point, military. She and Antonio both, though they retired from that when they found out they had a daughter coming. They both had ‘normal’ civilian jobs, and there was always at least one person home to take care of little Peony.

The actual reason Gonzalo and Petruccio targeted Antonio’s family is because they needed Alinda out of the way. Antonio is told the same thing that I originally said; that they just needed a sacrifice and didn’t want to put on a whole big show of it with just the two of them. But that isn’t true.

Gonzalo and Petruccio tried to destroy any notes or documents she made of what she found out. But there were many, many copies. Her cohorts had at least one each, and there were more in their ‘base’.

They found each of her teammates and their sets of notes.

They never did find their base.

Deimos, however, does. Entirely by accident.

Alinda was created by the Tree of Feelings. Having watched Gonzalo and Petruccio’s descent into madness, the Tree knew that someone needed to stop them. It intended to use the magic of the two spirits within it to create a third guardian to keep the other two in line, but they, unaware of its plan, stole the power themselves. The Tree had just enough magic left to make Alinda’s form and give her life, and a mission, but she has no magical abilities beyond unnatural physical strength and an extended lifespan.

As she didn’t have any magic, nor really any idea what she was supposed to stop Gonzalo and Petruccio from doing, Alinda wandered around a while. Eventually she stumbled into Antonio’s home AU, where she stayed almost exclusively until she found some way to reliably travel between universes, which likely involved some magical technology bullshit. However, by that point she’d gotten quite comfortable in this AU, and decided she’d just. Live there.

She joined the military for a number of reasons. Namely for the combat training, to be nosy and snoop to see if anyone’s heard anything about Gonzalo or Petruccio, and to try to find people who can help her deal with a couple of crazy bastards.

For a while she doesn’t find much. Gonzalo and Petruccio are keeping low. But slowly they start making Big Scenes™. They weren’t nearly as big as the shit they’re doing in the present, but enough that they’re hearing about it from other AUs. Alinda rallies her little group and they start making plans.

They have a hell of a lot of trouble, though. It doesn’t help that Gonzalo and Petruccio are constantly on the move, and they can never, ever predict where they’ll strike next. But they are getting some good intel. Bits and pieces. As Alinda gathers these bits and pieces to present to the whole group she goes “...oh. Ohhh no”

Sometime in the middle of all that she meets Antonio and they fall in love etc etc.

She’s. Unsure. When he asks her to marry him. She wants to. But it would be so dangerous…

So she says something like “I have a very important mission, that was given to me literally the day I was born. And it’s very, very likely that I would put you in danger just telling you about it. I love you. I really do. But I absolutely cannot tell you anything. I’ve got a few people helping me, but even that feels like too much, and god damn it I can’t put you in that danger. I’ll marry you, if you are willing to accept that I’m going to be hiding something very important from you.”

Lovestruck fool that he was, Antonio agreed. They were very happy together! Peony’s conception freaked Alinda out a lot but things had been very quiet for a while. And honestly, an excuse to leave the military, to have more time not only with Beloved but also to find Gonzalo and Petruccio, was…very tempting.

Alinda had a 20-point plan made for how she’d keep her family safe if Gonzalo and Petruccio found out about her, and a second, more complex plan for if they also found out about said family. She had taken all the precautions she could think of, and even asked her cohorts if they could think of anything else.

There’s a good chance Alinda knew they were coming. She called Antonio to get home quickly, and had Peony start packing, so they could run as far and as quickly as possible. At which point she’d have to explain everything to Antonio, but he deserved that much.

But Gonzalo and Petruccio moved in too quickly. She’d only just hung up the call with Antonio when they grabbed her and Peony by surprise.

Alinda had sounded nervous when she called, but did a very good job acting like it wasn’t a huge deal. Peony was already freaked out. She needed to stay calm. And Gonzalo and Petruccio acted like it was tooootally random.

Gonzalo and Petruccio decide that it would be a very poetic form of revenge to make Antonio work for them, after poor Alina tried soooo hard to stop them. Him turning out to be an excellent fighter was just a wonderful surprise.

A few years later, when Deimos stumbles upon the last remaining notes that Alinda and her team had compiled, he finds way, way more than he’d been able to figure out so far.

He’s heard the name ‘Yighraru’ before. He’s very alarmed to find out what manner of being Yighraru is.

He also finds some speculation on whether or not they’re going to try and summon Yighraru, or if they’re just going to sacrifice people to it. Some speculation on how the summoning might work, whether or not the dramatics are just Gonzalo and Petruccio being Gonzalo and Petruccio or if it has something to do with the worship of Yighraru. So on.

He takes the notes to the castle he and Phobos live(d) in. Makes a digital copy. Changes some keywords and names, rephrases a lot of stuff. Maybe organizes it better for himself. Then locks it behind a couple of different passwords, so that, hopefully, no one else can get into it, and doesn’t understand the significance of they do. But especially not Gonzalo, Petruccio, Bella, or (and it hurts him to even think it) Phobos.

He pokes his nose around the manor a little more, and makes a mental note of what the mysterious writer was right about, what was incorrect, and so on. He adds to the notes with his own discoveries.

He is now much better prepared that he was before. But it still might not be enough.

[moonfurthetemmie]

Hiii I survived the hurricane

We actually got really lucky and the worst part was just power going out for a hot while. But we had enough gas for the backup generator to last us until the power came back, so we were able to plug the main fridge in and some of our window AC units.

In the 21 hours without power or internet I spun some more ideas for the Horror Theater Kid AU

In normal JMV and the normal Theater Kid AU, Obsidian is delighted that the people in Silver’s AU think he’s a god and is like “hell yeah I am! Bring me human sacrifices!!”

or some variation of that. In the theater kid AU Puck helps Lear make a big show about it

In the Horror Theater Kid AU, Gonzalo and Petruccio deny that Gonzalo is a god, but instead insist that they serve a much higher power. They are then called spiritual messengers, and the people gladly give them human sacrifices. Lodovico was not the first, and far from the last. But Gonzalo and Petruccio wanted to see if there was anyone there they could recruit somehow, or try to use to bring even a small bit Yighraru’s essence to their world, so the first few sacrifices were brought to them alive.

Lodovico is the only one who survived. While everyone from their home universe thinks they’re dead, it’s treated more like they were raised to sainthood. A great honor was bestowed upon them. They were taken away alive. They must’ve had something special in them.

So, Lodovico knows about this god shit, but they think it’s just an excuse to do satiate their bloodlust. At most, Gonzalo and Petruccio are completely insane. Their lack of faith is probably one of the reasons they were sacrificed so early on.

Antonio watched his family die. Gonzalo and Petruccio were going to sacrifice him, too, but they saw how much he cared for them while figuring out their plan of attack and decided it would be very entertaining to let him come home just in time for his spouse and child to see him ooonne last time.

He lost his shit. Understandably.

Unlike in normal JMV, Gonzalo and Petruccio weren’t wanting to cause a huge commotion. They didn’t have the resources (namely people) for the kind of display they really wanted to do.

So most of Antonio’s neighbors, who didn’t see Gonzalo and Petruccio and didn’t hear his family scream for help (because they couldn’t. Petruccio made sure of that very quickly), think that Antonio either just fucking snapped, or pissed off someone who was deeply unstable. The fact that Antonio was never seen again isn’t encouraging.

Antonio stays with them because he has nowhere else to go, and is terrified of what they’ll do if he tries to desert. He’s absolutely convinced his neighbors think he killed his family and the thought of trying to go back scared him even more. At least there are some people here who understand, and who are friendly.

Beatrice’s version of Ruby is still dead, but the pair were lured into the woods before Gonzalo and Petruccio tried to kill them. Ruby was caught off-guard, but Bea had a split second warning and managed to defend herself so well that Gonzalo and Petruccio thought she needed to join them. Much like in normal JMV, she wasn’t actually given a choice.

Isabella’s story is mostly the same as the normal theater kid AU. Including the part where only Gonzalo found her. There was a little portal mishap. Petruccio freaked. Gonzalo would’ve freaked but he was too busy being really fucking confused

He would’ve told Bella that she was a friend of his before, but in his distress and confusion he started with a “where the hell am I and who are you”, so. Kinda botched that one. But he still offered a way out of the anti-void, under the condition that she helps him and Petruccio with something. Bella tried to ask what, but she was too anxious to get out of there to really question why Gonzalo was being dodgy about it.

Probably she pissed Petruccio off by calling him a nerd (derogatory) for all the theater stuff and the plays he’s been writing. You do not insult his art. He will fucking get you. Gonzalo wasn’t too happy either.

The fact that Petruccio now asks her for her opinion and to proofread and stuff shows just how much he’s come to trust her now. Or perhaps he’s simply forgotten why they broke her mind. It’s hard to say. Bella certainly doesn’t remember anything about it.

[moonfurthetemmie]

I GAVE THEM NAMES

well. nicknames. But still

Source: SCP 701: The Hanged King’s Tragedy (link is to a summary of what the play “should” be without the actually anomalous stuff. Warnings for heavy implication of cannibalism and murder.)

Obsidian: Gonzalo

Jade: Petruccio

Koroit: Isabella

Zircon: Antonio

Paraiba: Beatrice

Silver: Lodovico

Mercury: Francisco

Jasper: Sortino

Zuli: Sforza

I haven't decided what version of DINTIS would be involved here. It would be fun to make a very specific version of them for this, especially given the eldritch shit happening. But it'd be funny if it was the normal Horror verse Jet and Dark (Astra + Umbra) and even funnier if it was still just normal Jet and Dark.

anyways, some nerding about 701 + explanations for why they’re named what they are:

so funny thing. The anomalous part of SCP 701 is that when the play is actually performed, there’s a (roughly 33%) chance that the actors and audience will go mad and kill each other or themselves. Also the apparition of a wrapped-up corpse covered in chains appears on-stage, slowly becoming more prevalent and the actors slowly start to acknowledge his existence.

The SCP play has an ambassador from Alagadda, which is a made-up place that exists only in the SCP multiverse. It’s an anomalous dimension and kingdom that’s ruled by…the Hanged King. From my understanding he looks like the apparition from 701, but take that with a grain of salt because i only have a handful of details and a poor memory

Anyways. I knew about this play already but forgot about the effects on the audience, the deviation from the plot, and the already vaguely eldritch lore around entities and places involved.

So now I need to fight myself to not make it an SCP AU in all but name, because that would be so convenient. too convenient. but oooogh if i don't steal it i'm definitely taking inspiration

Anyway. Reasoning for my choices:

Isabella: One of the three conspirators in the plot to kill the first king. Also the only female one named im sorry girl. Tbf tho Isabella was apparently less devoted to the plan than the other two, and having only relatively recently succumbed to the eldritch madness Koroit isn’t quite as insane as Jade and Obsidian

Gonzalo: As the more mentally disturbed of the two, Obsidian will probably never realize that what they’re doing is fucked up. At least in a ‘oh god what have we done and is it too late to fix it’ way. Also he’s officially in-charge so like. Yeah. king boy.

Petruccio: Petruccio confessed to the whole murder plot off-stage. While it would take a lot for Jade to have the ‘oh god what have we done and is it too late to fix it’ realization, it is possible. But more importantly, he’s absolutely determined to stick with Obsidian until the end. Fucked up besties <333

Antonio + Francisco: The two conspirators against Gonzalo, and the two of the JMV cast most likely to try and stop any and all of this. Mercury may have better luck, but he likely won’t try anything more than damage mitigation unless Zircon comes to him with anything resembling a plan.

Beatrice + Lodovico: Simply servants of Gonzalo and Isabella. They are complicit in the attempted murders scripted for the play, but are bound by the narrative and their positions to do as they’re told. Paraiba and Silver…theoretically they have slightly more power, but still.

Sortino: VERY bad joke about the duke getting put in the soup and Jasper being the cook. I’m sorry for this one. Jasper’ll be fine tho i promise. Or. He’s not going to be cannibalized. And he probably won’t die. he IS gonna get a little bit fucked up though. sorry. 

Sforza: …zuli might be screwed. I haven’t decided anything specifically but since he’s the worst off it was so so so tempting to name him after one of the characters that get super fucked up. He WAS going to be Sortino, but i didn’t want anyone to be the apparently annoying little priest (who didn’t even get more than a mention and a couple of lines), and ‘alinda’ didn’t fit anyone, and i so very much wanted to use Sforza anyways and had Mercury, Zuli, and Jasper left…

[moonfurthetemmie]

Sometime after finding the last surviving records from Alinda and her team, and doing a little research himself, Deimos realizes he's going to need some help. maybe a lot of help.

He has to be very careful about who he asks.

Lodo and Bea seem like they'd be willing, but they also seem to be more afraid of Gonzalo and Petruccio than most of the rest of the manor. He's not convinced they wouldn't tell those two everything the moment they ask.

Antonio seems more likely to want to help, but Deimos isn't fluent in ASL which would make it pretty difficult to talk to him. A small hurdle, but he's not ready to jump it until he's assessed all of his options.

Sortino doesn't know shit, but as the maid and cook it would be very easy for him to hang around people under the pretense of cleaning to eavesdrop. Gonzalo and Petruccio may not suspect him of trying to stop them, too, even if they notice he's heard something he wasn't supposed to. which they likely will. He's not too eager to get on their bad side, though. He might not be willing to help.

He might not realize at first that Bella is 100% on Gonzalo and Petruccio's side, but it won't take long. Especially since, presently, no one really thinks he's going to try and work against them. Clearly they haven't convinced him to stay and help them, but he's doing an excellent job of feigning innocence so far.

Francisco seems to know a lot. Demios will definitely need to ask him some questions. But he's awfully scared of the pair as well, so he might be a risk.

Sforza...Deimos only met him once, but he doesn't like that there's so much of that blue magic all over Sforza's skin. He doesn't seem to be in any condition to help, anyways.

That leaves...Antonio, Francisco, and Sortino. Great. Well, that's three more potential allies than he had before.

He decides that, ultimately, it would be a good idea to learn ASL anyways. It looks like everyone in the manor is fluent, so they could talk about things in complete silence. Anyone who saw them would know what they were saying, but it would be better than speaking out loud. Theoretically.

With that in mind, he asks Gonzalo and Petruccio to teach him. As expected, they're delighted to! They love hanging out with him. And if he wants to be able to talk to and understand everyone here, well...that's most likely good for them.

They're aware that he's still suspicious and wary. That he's been wandering off on his own quite a bit. But they also know that he's still struggling to keep his distance from them. They're quite confident that they'll get him eventually. If they can't convince him nicely, they have other options. They'd rather not, buuuut if they have to...

he is not aware of their backup plan. if he doesn't figure out how Bella ended up being such a trusted member of the team, he's prooobably fucked.

deimos made a slight miscalculation. they're very patient teachers with this and it's making him like them more and he's pretty sure they're not doing it just to gain his trust. help him

anyways. One by one, he manages to get Antonio, Francisco, and Sortino's help.

Sortino's not too easy to convince, but Deimos manages to convince him that while he doesn't have a plan to stop them yet, he does have a plan should Gonzalo and Petruccio find out about his helpers. Deimos doesn't elaborate, but he promises that he'll make sure that Sortino, and whoever else he manages to recruit, won't get in too much trouble if they're found out. When Deimos mentions having some info on what all is going on here, Sortino becomes a little more interested.

Francisco was pretty sure Deimos was starting to sympathize with Gonzalo and Petruccio, so he's very suspicious when Deimos comes to him. But Deimos says he's found something very interesting, he he'd like a bit of help from Francisco when he goes through it. He can tell that Francisco knows a lot about what's happening. He hints that he thinks what he's found is the answer, and he'd like to see if any of it matches up with what Francisco knows. The prospect of finally getting the answer to this puzzle, as well as maybe being able to stop Gonzalo and Petruccio from murdering, kidnapping, or torturing more people, convinces him to help.

Antonio is surprisingly easy to convince. Deimos is the one who's suspicious now, but Antonio tells him that Gonzalo and Petruccio killed his family in front of him, and are the reason he lost his hearing. Of course he wants to stick it to them. If Deimos can promise that he can keep his help from getting too fucked up if Gonzalo and Petruccio find out what they're doing, he'll be happy to help. Keep in mind, he still has absolutely no idea what Alinda had been doing, and currently doesn't have any reason to suspect that it had anything to do with Gonzalo and Petruccio.

His little team now assembled, he tells the three of them, separately, to meet him in Francisco's office around midnight. Gonzalo and Petruccio should be asleep, so they won't notice a thing.

Deimos goes through the basic shit. He found this stuff in an abandoned building, looks like some people were trying to figure out what was going on and how to stop it. Long story short, they think Yighraru is some kind of eldritch god.

and all three of them go "huh?" and then Antonio and Francisco, but especially Francisco, go "oh god that explains everything"

they fill in whatever Sortino didn't know about, which is a lot because he was, up until now, trying to keep his head down and stay out of everything.

Beyond that, the only other solid idea that I have is that in the very beginning of their notes, Alinda put basically the entire story of why she even exists, and what her mission is.

While she never said a word about her mission, she did tell Antonio what she was, and that she was given a super secret mission the day she was born. She never went into where she came from.

Some months into their alliance, Deimos lets the others see more of the documents for themselves.

Deimos may have changed the names in the document, but so much of that opening was so achingly familiar that he had to ask Deimos if he remembered what the name actually was.

And by this point, Deimos has found out what happened to Alinda and her team. So when Antonio very shakily tells him that 'Peridot' was his wife, who told him a good chunk of the stuff in here, Deimos has to figure out the gentlest way to inform him that Gonzalo and Petruccio completely wiped out the whole group.

Somehow, despite everything, it just got even more personal for Antonio.

It wasn't random. They specifically targeted Alinda. And for some goddamn reason, they decided that they should kill her and their ten year old daughter, who had nothing to do with everything. And that they should specifically wait, until Antonio got home, and could watch.

anyways. antonio's mad

[moonfurthetemmie]

In-universe, everyone in the Horror Theater Kid AU has the same name as their original JMV counterpart.

In any crossover where they meet an AU that already has different names (like Beechswap) they don’t bother with nicknames.

However, when they do get a crossover with normal JMV or the normal Theater Kid AU, Gonzalo and Petruccio assign everyone their nicknames.

Which just makes Sforza’s nickname so much more ominous in-universe!

Especially if you know that the Hanged King appears in other SCP stories and it’s implied that the guy became an incredibly powerful reality-bender. He was dead before the story began, and he might now be something far beyond our understanding.

I think Lear and Puck would lose their minds over the implications of Gonzalo and Petruccio assigning the nicknames, and who got what, and especially if they’ve realized that something cultish is happening.

They’ll probably be concerned about Sforza and Sortino though. But particularly Sortino.

Like. “We can excuse murder but we draw the line at cannibalism.” Probably the only reasons they’re concerned about Sforza is because

1. They are somewhat friendly with Icarus. Icarus absolutely doesn’t call them friends, but they think he’s chill. They kinda like him.

2. there’s definitely something far more powerful than any of them pulling the strings here, and if the role those two have in mind for Sforza involved whatever it is…they have a baaaad feeling about it

[moonfurthetemmie]

Petruccio and Gonzalo are incredibly overprotective of each other but Gonzalo, while harder to piss off, is worse.

He’s not as jealous, yes. For some reason his brand of crazy has made him less afraid of Petruccio leaving him forever when they’re separated.

But if you’re going to hurt one of them it really should be him and not Petruccio.

If you hurt Gonzalo, Petruccio might spare you too much torment if it’s not serious or Gonzalo recovers quickly, though you’re not going to know until you realize he hasn’t made good on his threats of horrific ritual sacrifice.

If you hurt Petruccio your only hope is that your death is swift. And it entirely depends on how bad the offense is in Gonzalo’s eyes, which…may not fully make sense to anyone who isn’t him or Petruccio.

If you kill either of them you’re going to wish the survivor had just killed you but that’s another story ahaha

[moonfurthetemmie]

Petruccio & Gonzalo

here they are. little fuckers.

Yighraru’s magic has corrupted theirs, as seen by the blue tinge almost everywhere in their magic. It’s even in their eyes. Anyone who sees them will know immediately that something’s Wrong, even if they don’t understand the significance of it.

For some reason (they think it’s funny to creep people out), they always stand like that together; Petruccio on the left and Gonzalo on the right. 

Odd poses but i needed them to show off their magic a little. Petruccio’s ‘hush’ pose is a reference to his charmspeak; the special ability he got for being a corrupt. There’s some limits to it, but essentially when he uses it he can tell anyone what to do and they’ll do it. Gonzalo’s is electricity, which is something obsidian has but everyone (myself included) keeps forgetting about. Normally I think it acts a lot like Koroit’s, but here it’s…it’s a little corrupted.

The blue is mainly because i didn’t like any of my other options, but it’s supposed to be close to the blue used to suggest The Void in World of Warcraft.

It was very much an afterthought while I was finishing up the poses, but I thought it’d be funny if Petruccio got heels specifically so he would match Gonzalo in height. He was taller for ages! And then they were the same height! And now Gonzalo is TALLER THAN HIM!!!!!!!!!!! What the fuck!!!!!!!!!! anyways what im sayin is they’re silly

Honestly the idea of ‘human’ corrupts and radiants having glowing marks on their skin has implanted itself in my brain and now I just Gotta. Now that I think about it it’s kinda like how OG Nightmare’s form got fucked up when he got corrupted, but on a smaller and less damaging scale. You’ll note, however, that even that magic is Touched™

Please ALSO note the use of each other’s colors in their outfit! Gonzalo has some touches of green, and Petruccio has some touches of gold/yellow. This is “the curtains are blue and it means something” moment because i think i’m brilliant. It’s because they’re basically glued together. I am compelled to share every single design thought

Gonzalo’s hair should be entirely blonde, because Radiance, but I absolutely cannot take him seriously with blonde hair. I settled for streaks + eyebrows with the excuse of ‘he dyed the rest of it’

A better look at both, under the cut:

Petruccio

so firstly, i realized i always kinda dress Jade alternates like hoes, and also he looked cold, so i gave him a jacket. Also boots that are more practical for a fight, or otherwise moving around lots. the jacket works better than I thought. So, yeah, this is just an alternative outfit.

sharp teethesies

funky eyes

sword...

don't forget the freckles <3

See that mark on his face? There's a similar one on his back. Larger though.

Gonzalo

i fucked up and deleted the Gonzalo Only save so now i can't have Just Gonzalo unless i want to remake him from scratch and jesus christ please no

so. i had to improvise. which means i am hiding a full body out of shame of petruccio still also being there, even if he'd realistically be right there anyways.

oo tattoos waow

The tattoos are also glowing with eldritch magic. there was an in-universe explanation for Why but i've slept since then and forgor...

the rose is mostly because i didn't want identical snakes, but also didn't want a big ass tattoo on one arm and have the other one bare. looked weird to me at the time. in reality it should probably be something "cooler" but my options were limited

he also has sharp teef.

there's also more radiant-made markings on his body than just his face! There's some on his back and legs too.

also taking these pictures i realized i didn't change his eyes from the pink/purple i was playing with for the Eldritch Magic to the blue that I finally settled on. so i had to go do that.

[moonfurthetemmie]

mmmmmng I wanted to stay quiet until I got H!Puck designed and could post the little shits but I need to spit the thoughts out

H!Puck and H!Lear’s magic is tainted by the magic of the deity they’re worshipping; this will be shown by their magic having a deep blueish tint or discoloration to it. It’s also in their eyes; they’ve been under this thing’s influence a loooong time and it’s VERY obvious that something’s off, even if people in-universe don’t understand the significance of it

I also have a possible name for that deity, but it might be scrapped depending on if I want to make up my own eldritch god or if I want to just snatch one from the existing deities of the cthulhu mythos. Both are fun options

If I make my own tho I might say that the deity is actually trapped in the rings, which might mean this thing is fairly weak for an eldritch entity, but definitely that the rings are insanely powerful.

[moonfurthetemmie]

ok so hear me out actually. i have an idea for how nightmare could actually stop Petruccio and Gonzalo

through a series of very unusual events, Petruccio (and only Petruccio) is captured and taken to JR.

Gonzalo spends several days frantically searching for him, and eventually he runs into the Meme Squad. They think he's a little off, but when he tells them he's looking for a dear friend of his who went missing they're like "oh. that'll do it" and just accept it.

Then he tells them that Petruccio is a corrupt and they all go "oooooh. uh...do you perhaps know if people wearing gold pins with the letters 'JR' had anything to do with your friend's disappearance"

"...what do you know."

they point him to JR and tell him about Dream.

Gonzalo wastes no time in tracking this mother fucker down and attacks him. With the element of surprise and Dream severely underestimating how violent and murderous a radiant could be, Gonzalo pins him down and manages to get Petruccio's location out of Dream.

Dream isn't fatally injured, but boy did he get a rough and painful wake-up call. Gonzalo leaves him, with the vague threat of a fate worse than death if he finds out Petruccio is dead.

Petruccio's alive and mostly well. He was freaking the fuck out these past few days but aside from that and being treated like a rabid animal in confinement, he's fine.

Gonzalo breaks him out. Big hugs and apologies and shit. They find the Meme Squad again to thank the three for their help.

They end up hanging out with the Meme Squad for a while, and the pair decides that they quite like these three.

Nightmare, thinking that it's mostly common knowledge and that they'll find out anyways if they hang out long enough, mentions his and Dream's destiny bond. Upon prompting he explains what that is and is like "you were probably going to hear about it anyways, sooo"

And Gonzalo and Petruccio go "...ah. that's...an issue."

Nightmare: ...Why?

Gonzalo, tapping his chin: Well...We like you. We like you a lot. You're fun.

Gonzalo: Dream, however, needs to go.

Nightmare: Nightmare: uh

Petruccio: ...You said he's trying to kill you, though. That must mean he's working on a way to break that bond.

Nightmare: Uh?

Gonzalo, grinning: Oh, I think I have a wonderful idea.

And they leave before the Meme Squad can properly process any of that.

Gonzalo and Petruccio drop Francisco off at JR and tell him to offer help in breaking Dream and Nightmare's destiny bond. They explain everything he needs to know, but tell him that if he tries to betray them they'll know and he better fucking not.

he decides he doesn't want to find out what they'll do to him if he does, so he quietly does as he's told.

Dream finds something strange about this, but when asked Francisco's face becomes Afraid and Regretful for a split second. And then he smiles and shrugs and says "I just thought I'd see if I could help."

Something about Francisco also reminds Dream very much of Petruccio and Gonzalo, but he can't place what. it's the magic tracker they put on him btw. dream can sense it. it's faint enough though that anyone who isn't them won't know what it is.

fast forward and Gonzalo and Petruccio get a message from Francisco saying that the soul bond has been severed, and Dream is now dedicating most of his resources to finding and catching Nightmare.

Gonzalo and Petruccio crack their knuckles and start setting something up.

they're basically planning on making a big show of trying to quickly and forcefully making him a vessel for Yighraru. They're not even sure how well it'll go, but either they'll get the perfect revenge, or he will have a gruesome, painful death, or he'll be left a mere shell of his former self from the trauma. All of which is a win for them!

Either way. They set up a little stage somewhere. Dream vanishes for a few days around when they start setting that up. And then they day arrives, and the whole team comes. Bella hides off-stage. Antonio, Bea, and Lodo hide in the audience and wait for their cue. They're all in costume. They won't be recognized.

Gonzalo and Petruccio made absolutely sure that the Meme Squad would be nearby when they started.

Dream is tied up and dragged onstage. He's pretty beat-up. A crowd quickly forms, but the stage isn't easily accessible unless you frequently hop/vault/climb over 3-4 foot objects, so they mostly just murmur nervously. it helps that Gonzalo and Petruccio's faces have been on the news and no one is too eager to fuck with a corrupt and a clearly deranged and exceptionally pissed radiant.

They have their speech about how Dream was teeechnically right about Petruccio, but Gonzalo's just as bad if not worse. Also Petruccio was like this while he was still the positive spirit. They basically just poke huge holes into Dream's deep-seated beliefs about positivity and negativity while laughing at him. Publicly. There's probably at least one camera that they planted so that it'd get on the news at some point, in case no one filmed the thing themselves. It'd be no fun if there was no video recordings of their show!

Petruccio and Gonzalo realized pretty quickly after meetings him that, despite being reasonably upset about Dream's bullshit, Nightmare still really cares about him.

So, as expected, when the Squad rolls up to the show Nightmare goes "HEY WHAT THE FUCK??" and runs over to try and help Dream, Cross and Error in tow.

Antonio, the strongest, catches Cross and physically restrains her.

Lodo grabs Error and holds her arms behind her back, trying to ignore how badly Error's freaking out about being touched at all.

Bea just holds her arm out. Nightmare skids to a stop to avoid getting sliced by her fucking CLAWS and she grabs him from behind, pinning one of his arms to his body, and putting the blades on her gloves right under his chin.

Antonio and Bea mumble apologies. Lodo, not that Error can see it, slowly nods. she is also very sorry for this.

Petruccio and Gonzalo act surprised, and then go "aww, did you want to help him? After all these years of him hunting you down for the crime of being born a certain way, you don't want to watch him die? How heroic! You could learn something from him, Angel boy. A shame you won't have the chance to."

they pick on Dream some more about how fucking Nightmare just tried to come save him.

After a few moments of this Petruccio yanks Dream's head up by his hair and Gonzalo presses the blade of his dagger against his neck-

Nightmare "manages" to break free of Bea's hold, summons his spear, and jumps onto the stage, only to be grabbed by oddly familiar blue strings and yoinked mid-air. When he stops rolling he finds himself wrapped up in strings like the worst kind of mummy, almost entirely unable to move, and Bella steps onto the stage.

She kicks him (rather gently, but he still yelps) and goes "Don't you know it's rude to disrupt a theater production? Now look at you. So much for a hero."

She joins Petruccio and Gonzalo, and they start the 'real' show.

the crowd does not like the real show but they can't find it in them to turn away. Even Bea's straining to hear as much as she can.

but unbeknowst to everyone except Cross and Error, Nightmare has ooonnee little trick up his sleeve.

or more specifically. a pocketknife in his boot.

the eldritch magic being displayed and the way Dream's starting to freak out as his magic slowly turns blue isn't distracting the crowd so much that they don't notice as Nightmare trying to inchworm away and try to grab the knife. He can bend his spine and his knees and shit, he just can't move anything else. so he's just. awkwardly trying to contort his body so he can get that LITTLE FUCKING KNIFE and trying not to swear and draw attention to himself.

he manages to get it. freezes and looks back at the three trying to summon something. starts trying to cut the strings without cutting himself too badly. He gets one arm free, than the other, then his legs. As he's doing this he's trying to think of some way he can get Dream out of this. There's no way in hell he can take all three of them in a fight, and he's sure their lackeys that grabbed him and his friends are going to help bring him down. He's going to need something better than his spear, but what?

as he scrambles to his feet and looks around frantically, he is quite surprised to see the perfect weapon.

He exits stage left. and then quickly enters again and swings a metal folding chair at Gonzalo, Petruccio, and Bella's heads.

with three rather sickening BANGs, the three of them crumple to the ground. Dream slumps to the floor as well, alive but exhausted and in great pain. Everyone stares at the three in silent shock. Nightmare slowly lowers the chair and says, shakily, a little awed himself, "why did they even have this back there?"

Cross and Error wheeze and yell, loud enough for everyone to hear, "What's this?? It's Nightmare with the metal chair!"

the crowd starts laughing too, relieved that Dream is alright, and actually starts. cheering?

nightmare blinks. why are they cheering. what the hell

and then Gonzalo and Petruccio stir. Whether or not Bella survived this I'm not wholly sure, but the two spirits are quite durable.

Nightmare immediately goes "oh FUCK", drops the chair, and drags Dream's half-concious ass off stage.

Antonio, Lodo, and Bea step back and Bea's like "did...did he actually hit them with a metal folding chair?? holy shit."

Lodo signs something about being surprised that Gonzalo and Petruccio didn't account for the 100+ year-old wanted criminal having a back-up weapon and being very resourceful. They really shouldn't have had that chair.

Some people from the crowd get to the stage before Cross and Error do, and help Nightmare get Dream down. Dream's bonds are cut, a portal is made, and they get out.

While Gonzalo and Petruccio still very much want Dream dead and are really pissed about what happened, they're not too keen on fucking with any of them again after the Metal Chair Incident.

Francisco spills the beans to Dream when he gets better, and Dream goes 'oh christ. okay. do you want to stay here we can put you in witness protection and probably get rid of that tracker thing'. there may be gay shit after. maybe. too soon to know

Nightmare's face is once again circulating around the internet, but for once everyone is praising him. and he is still so fucking confused

Unrelated to the last post (joke) do you think an eldritch creature could take advantage of a destiny bond to fuck with DS Nightmare and Dream? because if yes they definitely will need extra help because Nightmare is in no shape to try and stop H!Lear and H!Puck.

The thing’s influence might be too powerful once he gets near the main sources of its power in this dimension (the rings), and when he gets there he suddenly can’t remember what he was trying to stop them from doing and just joins them

[moonfurthetemmie]

Deimos & Phobos

Deimos

deimos is not best please with the shit Phobos is getting up to with Petruccio and Gonzalo.

I went through a couple of different boots for him but i think i've decided I like these best. i think this is like the only time i haven't given an evil Jet alternate some kind of fancy skirt, though I almost DID give him one

deimos' hair tips are Colored (slightly. is dark. but its there)

Since he can move by dissolving into shadows and nyooming around, practical shoes aren't quite as much of a concern for him if he has to fight. having said that, he's broken his ankles a few times in the past because he refuses to be sensible. he still has not learned his lesson. and he never will!

also there's abetter look at Deimos' armor + the ring that his pose hides. waow isn't he cool

for real tho i rarely do asymmetrical stuff like this because it messes with my brain (negative) but....ough he's pretty.......

I CAN'T MAKE HIM GLOW THE WAY I WANT. WAILS

Phobos

meanwhile, the shit Phobos is getting up to is just sparring with the JMV pair. in deimos' defense tho, if Gonzalo's not careful with his radiance he could very, very easily kill Phobos. Fortunately, after all these years being joined at the hip with Petruccio he's become very good at smothering his aura so he doesn't hurt corrupts that are just hanging out around him. phobos'll be fine.

Tbh this is like the 50th time i've put a dark alt in a very combat-ready outfit and I don't even know why. they just look really good like that i guess.

Heroforge hack: Making a really really dark color, setting it as a metal, and turning the roughness up to max makes it impossibly dark. it's great. Had to crank it down tho because it was so dark his hair had 0 definition. it was just a black blob.

Also the Scar. Deimos hasn't seen it yet. It used to just be the black lines from becoming a corrupt, but now...

Phobos is doing his best to keep Deimos from knowing without being suspicious about it. Because while he can't explain why, he knows with absolute certainty that the moment Deimos finds out he'll grab Phobos and run as far away from the manor, and especially Gonzalo and Petruccio, as he can.

But did you notice? The little touches of that same blue on his magic spear and on the buttons on his shirt? It's only a matter of time before Deimos realizes...

[moonfurthetemmie]

so Alinda and Antonio's relationship was probably in a weird state of 'they're happy, but they can both feel the weight of the secrets being kept and it's only a matter of time before something happens.'

They were doing their best, but still.

As time went on Alinda was only going to get more paranoid about Gonzalo and Petruccio finding her family. If they hadn't, then either Antonio would try to ask her about it and it'd result in a fight because she's freaked out and absolutely too stubborn to risk telling him anything and he's been getting more and more concerned and is too stubborn to back down, or she'd just...disappear.

In the former case, there'd be like a 50/50 chance that everything would slowly fall apart, or they'd eventually get through it. but in order for them to get through it by that point Alinda would have to tell him everything.

If she runs off, she might leave a note, but it'll depend on whether or not her desire to keep Antonio from looking for her is stronger than her desire to not make him worry too much, and to not leave without saying goodbye somehow.

But he's going to worry anyway, and she knows it. So she'll probably leave a note telling him why she left, in the most detached, clinical way that doesn't even really tell him anything except that she thinks they're in danger and she's trying to keep attention off of him and their daughter. and hey, maybe it'd have worked! but Antonio's upset and afraid for her, and Peony doesn't understand why Mom left at all and just wants to know when she's going to come back, and Alinda certainly doesn't feel good about this even though she's sure she made the right decision for their safety.

but they'll never know what would've happened if she'd survived

[moonfurthetemmie]

my dudes i fucking forgot to say anything about it but i figured out what the eldritch creature's deal is for the Horror Theater Kid AU

it's name is Yighraru (name dropped it already by accident)

Yighraru is something of a god of theater, though neither it nor its worshipers would call it that. The most sacred ritual a mortal can perform is to write and perform a musical dedicated to it.

Petruccio and Gonzalo are awful at writing lyrics, but writing and performing a non-musical play is the next best thing, and they’ve got so many of those. They’re working on a musical tho

Yighraru also quite enjoys human sacrifices. Its worshipers believe that dying in its name will earn you a place in a glorious city of all manner of indulgences. Wine, food, entertainment, sex, whatever you want. They're correct, but the thing is Yighraru doesn’t realize that no one leaves because they genuinely can’t.

It doesn’t understand the mortal concept of death. It doesn’t understand that the humans it has surrounded itself with are the spirits of the dead, and it likely never will. It certainly won’t understand what the problem is, since they’re all still ‘here’ and seem to be perfectly happy.

Also, because of how crazy everyone went when its rings were shown off at that one play, Petruccio and Gonzalo think Yighraru is a very bloodthirsty god. It doesn’t understand what that means, but they’re bringing it more friends so it’s fine with them carrying on as they are.

It does also want to come into the physical realm, but its intention is to bring joy, excitement, and entertainment. Unfortunately, this will have the same result as if it had wanted to drive mortals to homicidal madness.

Its form is, like all such entities, an incomprehensible horror that drives people mad trying to understand it. And it’s abundantly clear to everyone who sees or encounters it that it’s extremely powerful. Seeing it, or interacting with items that contain its essence (like the rings), will cause mortals to go mad and try to worship it for a bit of its power.

TL;DR: It's not malevolent, but it's inability to understand these creatures that are so much simpler than it means that it's intentions don't matter at all and it's still a fucking problem and they really shouldn't be trying to summon it to earth.

[moonfurthetemmie]

when I was playing FFXIV a lot more I picked up on how the characters talk

Which is essentially “high fantasy”

You doesn’t say “please” you say “pray, [do thing]” or “if it please you”

You don’t say ‘yes’ you say ‘aye’

So on and so on. I could sit here for ages trying to find everything but I bring this up because I think it would be funny if Gonzalo and Petruccio spoke like that

Partly for the bit, bc it sounds a bit dramatic

And partly because that’s how Yighraru talks when it speaks to them. That’s how its words translate from its native tongue to English. And for literal decades it was just them and its whispers so they picked up on a lot of it. It’s just engraved in their brains now. It doesn’t even have anything to do with the eldritch madness it’s just because they’ve been around it so long